John Allen Muhammad

V for Vendetta – Response There are a lot of powerful words or phrases in the English language. The word that I think is the most powerful in the English language is terrorist. This word is important because this represents a stereotype held by many people. Specifically, in today’s society the word terrorist is being used a lot to stereotyping people. I’m Muslim and once people called me the word terrorist to insult me and make me feel unwelcome in Toronto. When I was called a terrorist I…

For my 3D course cluster, I am taking BIOL336 Genetics, PHIL130 Ethics and HIST231 Understanding Islam in Historical Perspective. As a biology major my favorite subject is genetics and I am taking it as a major requirement. One thing that is frustrating is only taking major and minor requirements with limited space for classes that I am interested in. These 3D classes allow me to explore subjects that I am interested in. I want to take ethics and explore different moral obligations and…

Baghdad today is one of the largest cities in the Arab world. Although in 2016 Baghdad is majorly Islamic, this was not always the case. People were initially skeptical of Islam when Mohammed declared Allah speaks with him. The Bedouin people, who were nomadic, continuously fought for resources. Islamic values and fundamentals helped solve the Bedouin’s issue. The spread of the religion Islam contributed to the rise of Baghdad by appealing to the Bedouin through creating a collaborative society…

country in the name of God since the first group of settlers colonized in this New World. Their enthusiastic faith and effort pioneered the way of America to be the most powerful country in just four centuries. The earliest colonial leaders such as John Smith and William Bradford recorded their experiences of survival and how their faith spiritually…

Ever since the 9/11, the media has been in charge of stereotyping Muslim religion, making the audience believe that it is a religion in which women are oppressed by the power of men. However, an important number of women have converted to Muslim because they have gone beyond what media says and have studied what the religion is truly about. On the contrary of what most people would think, Muslim men do not force women to hide themselves under the hijab, it is their own decision to do so in order…

Dixie: I choose to watch bakery discrimination against Muslims.The video should us a Muslim lady that wanted to make a purchase from the American bakery. The worker denied her the right to purchase from the American bakery. In our textbook on page 243 in the opening paragraph, it says Within each group in significant diversity that can be seen by differences in forms of religious expression, ancestral background, and how recently they arrived in the United States. Both groups have been seen and…

Jesus Christ written in the Bible. Christians believe in the Trinity; God is three divine persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Similarly, Islam is also an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, believing in the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad as articulated in the Qur’an. Through the Doctrinal and Ethical Dimensions of Religion, the moral principles and the beliefs taught by Christianity and Islam will be outlined. Catholicism and Islam have very different histories in Australia,…

Islamic Empire was built on the Islamic religion and the astonishing foundation set up by God himself, appealing more and more people to the newly formed empire. The Islamic religion’s origin was appealing for many reasons, one of them being that Muhammad was neither a God, nor someone to worship, but just a messenger delivering the exact words from God himself. The fact that what was being preached was not corrupted or interpreted but…

The fear of and prejudice against the religion of Islam is Islamophobia. In the United States, the media portray a negative picture of Muslims around the world. The term Islamophobia does not come from the terrorist attacks, it has been around since 1980. Islamophobia originated in the seventh century, when Islam spread into the European culture. This caused tension between Christians and Muslims and resulted in religious wars known as the crusades. There are four major types of islamophobia.…

Shouting Fire the documentary made me think a lot about what I agree with. I think as an American culture, we are so used to having an opinion and sharing it. We share our opinion when people say something we don’t agree with, we share our opinion even when people don’t ask to hear it, we just like sharing our opinion. As a culture if we don’t agree with something we try everything in our power to shut others opinions down and shame them. This documentary proves it. From a woman who was…